Friday Favorites (50)

Happy First Friday and Happy First Day of November! Can you believe I missed Friday Favorites for October? It was a very, very busy month and I have so much to share with you from favorite TV to excursions and family weekends and more!

Minot Beach in North Scituate

Favorite Weekend

Well, it would have to be Family Weekend at RISD to visit John. We hadn’t seen him for a month and a half and it was just so wonderful to give him big hugs and see how he’s thriving in this amazing community of creators.

Art student holding a chair made from cardboard boxes

That’s a class project he’s holding above. For his spatial dynamics class he had to build a functioning chair out of cardboard boxes. We visited his studio with him and also got to see hands on demos and listen to to talks over the weekend.

RISD Craft was an amazing art fair that happened on Saturday morning. The street was blocked off and there were so many people there.

Crowds of people at RISD Craft Fair

Restaurants We Loved In Providence

We got to eat lots of amazing food while were down there and I thought you might enjoy a list:

Cheese board at Sarto
  • Plant City – Vegan general store and restaurants. I loved the decor. Luke and I enjoyed the kale salad and buffalo cauliflower while John was in his studio class.
  • Sarto – amazing Italian Food
  • Palo – was really close to John’s school and had amazing tapas. We loved the tomato bread, the charcuterie board, and the Spanish omelette. Yum! Their Aperol Spritz was very good too.
Family enjoying the festive mood at Palo in Providence RI

We are so proud of John and it was wonderful to spend some time with him. Now we’re counting down until Thanksgiving 😉

Favorite Films & TV

Lately we’ve struck out with many films so I won’t recommend those, but here’s some we have enjoyed and you might too.

Films

Love the Coopers on Paramount + / Showtime – This is a quirky holiday film that came out 9 years ago but we didn’t know anything about it. We really enjoyed it. It was about families and traditions and so much more.

Unhinged on Netflix – Russell Crowe as you’ve never seen him before – definitely unhinged. I would NOT recommend this film if you don’t like suspense or don’t want to watch violence. It starts off with a road rage incident and then the woman is chased and terrorized by his character. It came out during the pandemic but it’s trending on Netflix now.

TV

Moonflower Murders on PBS – We enjoyed this very much! It’s the second season.

Hacks on Max – We started watching this series the other night. There is some crude humor but it’s a sitcom centering around an aging comedian in Las Vegas and her mentoring a writer.

Favorite New Product

The holiday collection. I shared more with you the other week, but here’s a glimpse if you missed it!

Kei Truck Holiday Card

I, of course, had to include Luke’s Kei Truck and we’re planning on decking his one out for the holidays. I’ll be launching some fun new products that would make wonderful gifts – hoping to launch them this coming week! So stay tuned – I just need to photograph everything.

Favorite Friendship

What an amazing program our town runs doing exchanges. We were honored to host an Irish student, Eoin, last week and Conor will be staying with his family in the spring.

Irish flag flying outside a coastal New England home

The Irish kids experienced life on the South Shore and went on many excursions. The best part, though, I think are the friendships.

Conor and Eoin - American / Irish Exchange students

Favorite New Restaurant

Bar Taco just opened in Hingham and Luke and I enjoyed a “date lunch” up there. I absolutely love the interior:

Inside the new Bar Taco in Hingham

We sat outside, though, and their patio is gorgeous. The food was just as sensational and so fresh!

Favorite Event

On the First Friday in October, I took part in the Scituate Harbor Art Walk and I did a little painting demo at Joye. It was such an honor to be in Nancy’s shop. She has been such a huge supporter of mine since the beginning and I’m so grateful for that!

A group of women outside of Joye gift shop celebrating the art walk

It was truly a beautiful, warm night in the harbor and I enjoyed painting the below portrait of Scituate Lighthouse based on a photograph my parents took when they lived on the point. I’m trying to figure out what it should go on for the holidays. Let me know if you want to see this as prints or an ornament or something else.

Scituate Lighthouse in winter watercolor by Danielle Driscoll

Favorite Art Show

My friend Kjeld, owner of Afterglow Gallery, hosted a wonderful Kraken themed art show with my friend Elle of H Cole. The Kraken rum cocktails were yummy. I painted two pieces for the show – a mermaid and a kraken. Here’s a peek:

Whimsical watercolor painting of a mermaid

The mermaid sold the night of the show and the kraken is still available at Afterglow Gallery.

Kraken watercolor painting by Danielle Driscoll

Well, I think that covers all my favorites! Hope you enjoyed this installment of Friday Favorites! You can see all of them here. Now, it’s your turn! What are the things you’re loving right now?

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Lisa
Lisa
21 days ago

I love your mermaid. Will you have any more available for sale?

Karen B.
Karen B.
21 days ago

Hi Danielle,
I’m new here but I think I’m going to love my visits. Thank you.
Karen B.